○padá n. a wooden pillar, a post (to which captives are tied), any pillar or column RV. VS. AV.
• m. N. of a king of the Pañcālas (son of Pṛishata and father of Dhṛisþa-dyumna, of Śikhaṇḍinī or Śikhaṇḍinī, and of Kṛishṇā, the wife of the Pāṇḍu princes, hence called Draupadī) MBh. Hariv. Pur. [Page 502, Column 2]
• (ā), f. (with or scil. sāvitrī or ṛc) N. of a sacred formula TBr. Vishṇ.
• -putra m. patr. of Dhṛishṭa-dyumna Bhag.
• ○dâtmajā f. patr. of Kṛishṇā or Draupadi (cf. above), who is sometimes identified with Umā SkandaP.
• ○dâditya m. a form of the Sun ib.

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William